Chapter 86: Eastward Expansion (1)

The Taiping army conquered Tianjing in early 1852, and the Qing army's pursuit troops arrived immediately and set up a large camp in Jiangnan at Xiaolingwei, which was more than ten miles east of Tianjing City. Immediately, he set up a camp in the southwest of Yangzhou. Since then, for a full year and a half, Tianjing City has been besieged on both sides of the Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps.

On September 15, 1954, all the camps of the Qing army in Jiangnan and Jiangbei were breached, and the Qing troops were beaten and fled, and they even failed to gain a foothold in the camp set up by the governor of Jiangsu, Gil Hang'a, in Jiuhua Mountain, but retreated all the way to Suzhou to collect the soldiers and horses. The siege of Tianjing, which lasted for a year and a half, was completely broken.

This victory was unprecedented good news for the Taiping army, and it was Yang Xiuqing, the supreme commander of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, who commanded the army to break through the Jiangnan camp, which brought this victory to a perfect end.

Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang provinces all occupied a considerable part of the land in the north, as far as the Huai River in the north, as far as Hunan, and as far as Jiangxi in the south, 300,000 men and women armed with weapons to guard this vast area, and praised the prestige of Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east.

Therefore, Wei Ze did not go to his official residence after entering Beijing, and it was not the time to do this at all, so he went directly to meet Yang Xiuqing. At the gate of the East Palace, Wei Ze had a closed door. The officials of the Dongwang Mansion told Wei Ze that the Dongwang was busy with official business at this time and had no time to see Wei Ze.

The East King can not see Wei Ze, but Wei Ze can't just brush his sleeves away, this is a very faceless way for the East King Yang Xiuqing. Wei Ze can very well imagine Yang Xiuqing's state of mind at this time, or most people will think so. No matter how much effort is put in by those who lay the foundation, the one who completes the victory can occupy a piece of glory. In Yang Xiuqing's view, and even in Wei Ze's view, Yang Xiuqing is more suitable to obtain this glory, and Yang Xiuqing also needs to obtain this glory even more.

To give face to others, you must give it all, the first eighty difficulties have passed, and it is not bad for this last trembling. Yang Xiuqing didn't directly ask Wei Ze to go home and wait for news, Wei Ze waited honestly outside the East Palace. There were a lot of people coming in and out of the Dongwang Mansion, and those people looked at Wei Ze very respectfully one by one. However, Wei Ze was quite far away from the mansion, and he was completely immersed in his own thoughts, and he was also in a state of ignorance to those people.

As for his current situation, Wei Ze is not pessimistic, nor is he optimistic. The 10,000 troops taken away by Yang Xiuqing are considered a thing, and Zhang Yingchen's 10,000 troops are at most second-line troops in Wei Ze's army, and whether or not there are 10,000 troops will not affect the victory or defeat of Wei Ze's battle. In comparison, Yang Xiuqing, who got 10,000 people, was more affected. Of course, this influence has also not reached the earth-shaking level. It is impossible for Yang Xiuqing to extend the system owned by Zhang Yingchen's department to all the troops directly under Yang Xiuqing, and if Yang Xiuqing treats Zhang Yingchen's troops as only a relatively capable force, then it is impossible for Zhang Yingchen's 10,000 people to lead to a comprehensive change in Yang Xiuqing's overall strength.

After an unprecedented victory, Yang Xiuqing is unlikely to stop there. Wei Ze didn't know what Cheng Xiuqing was going to get, which was an important reason why he had to meet Yang Xiuqing.

Thinking in the general direction requires a large number of realistic jΓΉ as support, and Wei Ze, who lacks ears and eyes in Tianjing City, does not have this number jΓΉ support. Judging by the little information he has, Wei Ze can only get one result, and Yang Xiuqing will not let Wei Ze go for the time being.

After waiting outside the Dongwang Mansion for almost an hour, a civil official finally came to see Wei Ze. "King Qi, the king of the east said that he is busy with official business today, so let you go back to the mansion to rest first. Let's wait until the day after tomorrow to ask for a meeting. ”

"Yes!" Weese replied. This news is by no means a good sign, and it is indeed very abnormal to encircle Wei Ze in Tianjing City for two days of rest with nothing to do at this stage.

But since this is the case, Wei Ze has no other way, he obediently took his own soldiers to the Qi Palace. When he was halfway there, a thought suddenly came to Wei Ze's heart. This Dongwang is too straightforward, even if he wants to play house arrest, he will send a few female officials.

Thinking of this, Wei Ze couldn't help but imagine himself taking a mandarin duck bath naked with a group of young and beautiful female officials. The first feeling of this kind of imagination was quite happy, but when he thought that he would actually engage in such low-level fun, Wei Ze couldn't help but laugh with joy and self-deprecation.

The guards were puzzled by Wei Ze's chuckle, and the commander of the guard company couldn't help but ask, "Chief of General Staff, is there anything funny on this road?" ”

Wei Ze couldn't say that he fantasized about performing an A-movie in his mind, so Wei Ze could only put away his smile and said strictly: "There's nothing funny on the road." It's just that I remembered something, so I couldn't help but laugh. ”

Maybe it was because of the lust of the heart, after arriving at the Qi Palace, Wei Ze felt a burst of irritability in his heart, and he couldn't help but think of a woman when he thought about it. In desperation, Wei Ze began to exercise. There were no inflatable yoga balls these days, so Wei Ze rolled up a quilt roll, put it on the wall behind him and began to stand on the stake. As soon as the muscles in his legs tensed, the other thoughts were quickly banished.

The guards cleaned up, and Weser went from strength training to balance training to technique training. After a round of exercise, it took nearly an hour of hard work, and while sweating profusely, other thoughts in my heart naturally dissipated.

After taking a shower, Weser was getting ready to eat. Someone outside reported that Wei Changhui, the king of the north, came to visit. At this time, it was not completely dark, Wei Ze was very surprised, Wei Changhui came to visit at this time, what was his plan.

In Wei Ze's opinion, Yang Xiuqing is not tall, the kind of dull complexion, not so full of education, at first glance, it is the feeling of being born in poverty. Wei Changhui, the king of the north, looked like he came from a rich family. He is more than 18o tall, has a beautiful figure, a delicate and shiny complexion, and even if he has been engaged in the war, he does not have any malaise because of his adequate nutrition.

In this year and a half of the Tianjing offensive and defensive battle, Wei Changhui, the king of the north, was responsible for the defense of Tianjing City. Although Wei Ze deliberately widened the distance between him and Wei Changhui, the fleet always had to pass through Wei Changhui's defense area. There are naturally many opportunities to hear Wei Changhui's name.

Of course, Wei Ze knew that Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, had also been working hard to overthrow Wei Changhui, the king of the north. The grain that Wei Ze transported from Anhui to Tianjing City had to go through the defense area of Wei Changhui's subordinates on the river, and Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, made an appointment with Wei Ze for a certain time, and specially arranged for officials to receive grain and materials, so as to completely exclude Wei Changhui from the grain supply system.

As the party defending the city, Wei Changhui's food supply came from the holy treasury controlled by Yang Xiuqing in Tianjing City. It is equivalent to completely grasping Wei Changhui's vital point. Moreover, some brothers in Zhang Yingchen's troops still regarded Wei Ze as their boss, and they provided Wei Ze with a lot of information. One of them is that after Zhang Yingchen was transferred to Yang Xiuqing, Yang Xiuqing began to divide and adjust these troops, and the newly formed 20,000-strong troops were constantly replacing the defense troops of Wei Changhui, the king of the north. Seeing that, the influence of Wei Changhui, the Northern King, in the defense forces of Tianjing City began to decline rapidly.

Therefore, Wei Ze originally didn't want to see Wei Changhui, the king of the North, but Wei Ze thought about it, if Yang Xiuqing was jealous of Wei Changhui, then Wei Ze's public refusal to see Wei Changhui might not be able to get Yang Xiuqing's approval. Fear is a relatively hidden thing, and when Wei Ze made the fear public, he let Yang Xiuqing "jump into the Yellow River and can't wash it away". This is a very basic office in large state-owned enterprises. Everything has to be done with a high-sounding sound.

Wei Ze couldn't help but think in his heart, if only Wei Changhui, the king of the north, tried to send a female official to Wei Ze when he came this time. If Wei Changhui did this, Wei Ze would be able to refuse Wei Changhui's kindness. When he reported this meeting to Yang Xiuqing, he could say something about the female officer. Yang Xiuqing is not a fool, after hearing this, it is time to provide Wei Ze with a female official.

Obviously, Wei Changhui did not consider the matter of female officials. After meeting Wei Ze, he asked about Anhui. Wei Ze didn't hide it, and he answered whatever Wei Changhui asked. While answering, Wei Ze tried to put on the content of Wei Changhui's inquiry to see what Wei Changhui meant.

After a question and answer, Wei Ze couldn't help but say, "Does the King of the North want to go to Anhui to lead the army?" ”

After listening to Wei Ze, he didn't know if it was pretending or real, Wei Changhui said in surprise: "Brother Wei doesn't know? Dongwang has already transferred the Wei brothers from Anhui to Zhenjiang. ”

"Transferred to Zhenjiang?" Weeser repeated. He really didn't expect Yang Xiuqing to change the cage so simply. Wei Ze's first reaction was to be a little worried, although the Taiping army had gained a foothold south of the Huai River at this stage, it was also because the Qing army in Anhui had been hit hard. In Wei Ze's original plan, he was already ready to return to northern Anhui immediately after solving the camp in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and deal several heavy blows to the Qing army in Anhui.

If Wei Changhui, the king of the north, did not tell nonsense, Wei Ze was faced with a situation where the plan could not catch up with the changes, and Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, made it clear that he was going to attack Wei Ze, the largest local powerful faction in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

After coming to this conclusion, Wei Ze only felt that there were a thousand emotions and thoughts in his heart. It's just that he couldn't figure it out for a while, and there was no emotion that could gain the upper hand, so he simply forcibly suppressed all of this and chatted with Wei Changhui.

It seems that Wei Changhui really wants to go to Anhui, so he inquired very clearly about the situation in Anhui. Wei Ze had no intention of telling nonsense, and now he is not in the mood to tell nonsense. He asked people to take a map of Anhui as the center, and roughly described the strategic planning including guarding the river and guarding the Huai. Including the prediction that after the Jiangbei camp was swept at this stage, the troops could continue to advance eastward.

Wei Changhui, the king of the north, listened with relish, and Wei Ze told about this. Wei Changhui saw that it was getting late, so he hurriedly got up and said goodbye. Wei Ze also had no intention of having a long talk with Wei Changhui. He also sent Wei Changhui out of the Qi Palace.

Back in the mansion, Wei Ze sat on a chair and looked at the map of Anhui that had not yet been put away and was silent. The news brought by Wei Changhui really shook Wei Ze. The suppressed emotion had already begun to swell at this time, and the first emotion Wei Ze felt was the anger after being calculated.

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